For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsDraw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahDepart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Psalms
PoetryThe thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
John
Gospels / JohnSo shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Esther
History / MordecaiBecause to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThat I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSmite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs
WisdomHe shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
Numbers
LawHaving then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulEnter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewGod layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.